Local districts give advice on state school restructuring

School boards are weighing in on the future of education in Vermont.

According to administrators, teachers, ANWSD board members, students and families, the introduction of 6th grade to VUMS went well.

New teachers, staffers and administrators are gearing up for the new school year, which begins Aug. 27. New Addison Northwest School District employees. Photo: Gabe Hamilton Teachers new to the Addison Northwest School District were in Vergennes for orien … (read more)

Local schools are wary of how the Trump Administration’s decision to withhold anticipated federal funding from Vermont school districts could affect the services those learning communities provide.

Principal Rae Donovan said she loved her time at Ferrisburgh Central School, but did not give a reason for her departure. The next principal is a familiar face.

Residents in the five Addison Northwest School District communities on Tuesday solidly backed a $27.653 million budget proposal to provide education for students in the coming school year.

I am writing to thank our school board for the hard work it’s done, not just this year, but for many years. After Town Meeting Day, John Stroup, a long-time school board member and the chair of the board for the last five years, is stepping down from the … (read more)

The Addison Northwest School District board on Wednesday, Jan. 22, adopted a $27.653 million budget proposal to provide education for students in the 2025-2026 academic and fiscal year (FY26) at the Vergennes Union High and Middle, Vergennes Union Element … (read more)

The leaders of the local school districts are excited to learn more details about the governor’s plan to reduce the number of Vermont school districts to five.

By early this week, life in the Addison Northwest School District had largely returned to normal, or as much as could be expected, after the Jan. 7 ransomware cyberattack took most of the district computer servers offline and compromised a still unknown a … (read more)

The Addison Northwest School District on Tuesday morning identified a “cybersecurity incident,” which locked district officials, teachers and other employees out of servers and shut down internet service in all three district schools and its central offic … (read more)

Although some cost and revenue variables remained to be pinned down, Addison Northwest School Districts administrators and board members are optimistic they can adopt a budget this month that would result in lower school taxes in all five district communi … (read more)

The Addison Northwest School District Board recently looked at a draft budget for next year that would bump up spending 1.9% and see average school taxes rise roughly 5%.

A new partnership between the Addison Northwest and Mount Abraham Unified school districts will allow students in those Vergennes- and Bristol-area learning communities to take certain classes at either of the districts’ high schools while maintaining enr … (read more)

In high turnout, residents of the Addison Northwest School District on Tuesday strongly backed the school board’s third proposed budget of the spring.